Garment bag



Feb. 5, 1929. 1,700,879

L. H. BocH GARMENT BAG Filed May 27, 1925 avwemto'c Patented Feb. 5, 1929.

UNETED STATES,

LOUISE H. BOOK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT BAG.

Application filed May 27, 1925. Serial No. 33,114.

This invention relates to garment bags adapted to enclose garments supported on coat hangers so as to prevent the accumulation of dust on the garments.

The invention will be apparent from the following specification when read in connection with the accompanying drawings which illustrate different embodiments thereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating one form of my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail View of the upper portion of the bag illustrated in Fig. 1

Fig. 4 is a transverse section through the front wall of the bag taken on line 44 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a perspective detail illustrating a slightly modified construction of the top and end wall of the bag;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view illustrating a modified form of the invention;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on line 7-7 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a detail of a frame and suspension member shown in Fig. 2.

Referring in detail first to Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings, the garment bag includes top and bottom walls 10 and 12, end walls 14 and 16 and front and back walls 18 and 20. The front wall is formed in two parts indicated at 18 and 18 in Fig. 1, the portion 18 ending at the point 22 in Fig. 4 and the portion 18 ending at the point 24. In other words, the portions 18 and 18 overlap so as to give access to the interior of'the bag. To exclude dust from the interior of the bag and also to make a neat finish, I provide an extra flap 26 which is secured to the wall 18 by a line of stitching 28. This construction provides an interlocked joint which I term a triple flap. The top of the bag is provided with a similar triple flap, the portion 10 of the top overlapping the portion 10 and a supplemental flap 30 is secured to the portion 10 of the top wall by a line of stitching 32.

The end walls 14 and 16 of the bag are each notched as best shown at 34 in Fig. 5 so as to permit a garment hanger supporting rod 36 to extend through the interior of the bag. This rod is supported in suitable brackets and is of a type usually built in clothes closets of hotels. etc. The rod is adapted to support a multiplicity of garment hangers one of which is illustrated at 38 in Fig. 2. The overlapping portions 10 and 10 of the top wall are adapted to protect the garments on the hangers 38 against injury by dust or other foreign matter settling thereon. Surrounding the opening 34 in each end wall, I provide a suitable tuck within which is located a draw string 40 by means of which the ends of the bag can be securely fastened to the rod 36 so as to prevent the entrance of dust at that point. I also preferably form an overlapping flap such as shown at 42. The latter may be secured in place either by means of a snap fastener or by strings 44. Or in some instances, I may provide a simple button and button hole.

For holding the bag distended at the top I provide a frame 46 comprising parallel side members 48 and 50 and end members 52 and 54. The latter are formed with downwardly extending U-shaped portions 56 and 58 the lower curved parts of which each underlie the garment hanger supporting rod 36. I provide suspension members 60 and 62 best shown in Fig. 8. These members have eyes (34 and 66 which embrace, respectively, the end frame members 52 and 54 the connection being a loose pivotal one. These suspension members also have hooked portions 68 and 7 0 which are arranged to be attached and detached from the end portions 52 and 54, respectively, of the frame. This hooked ar rangement of the suspension member permits the bag to be easily attached and detached from the rod 36.. It will be readily understood that the members 60 and 62 provide means for suspending or holding up the weight of the bag, these members being provided with suitable eyes 72 and 74 which can be hung on hooks or connected by tapes or strings if desired to nails or screw eyes in a shelf often provided above the garment hanger supporting rod 36.. The frame 46 may be secured within the bag in any suitable manner such, for example, as sewing loops of tape around the same at spaced intervals or it may be held merely by tie strings.

In Fig. 5, I have shown a slightly modified form of the invention wherein the top wall of the bag is formed in one piece as indicated at 10 which is sewed to the end walls 14 and 16 to a point just short of the center of the bag as indicated at 76. The forward edge of the portion 10 is formed with a flap 78 having button holes 80 therein adapted to be engaged by buttons 82 secured along the top edge of the front wall 18. Or instead of the buttons and button holes the flap may be secured by snap fasteners, laces or other fastening devices. In this form of the invention, I show the flap 42 provided with snap fasteners 8% adapted to engage snap buttons 86 secured to the end wall 14.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. (3 and 7, the bag is not secured to a fixed hanger supporting rod. In this construction, I provide a removable rod 88 which is supported in a substantially tubular shroud 90 which extends through the end wall 14 and the end wall 16 and is sewed to said walls by lines of stitching as indicated at 92 and 94. In this embodiment of the invention, the top wall comprises a single continuous piece 96 without any openings therein. For permitting insertion and removal of the rod, the end wall 14 is formed with an opening 98 which is closed by a patch 100 sewed to the wall 1d of the bag by a line of stitching extending along the top and the two sides but not across the bottom. This will form a substantially dust-tight closure and the rod can be removed by puckering the wall 14 and the flap 100 so as to permit removal of the rod 88 for the purpose of washing the bag.

In this embodiment of the invention, 1 provide a wire frame 102 in the form of a rectangle to keep the upper end of the bag distended. This frame is secured within the bag by means of tapes 104 which can be tied so as to detachably secure the frame within the bag. At the center of each end of the frame, I provide suspension members in the form of books 106 which have eye portions 108 surrounding an offset portion of the rod and hooked ends 110, extending through small openings 112 formed somewhat in the nature of a small button hole in the top of the bag. This arrangement permits the frame 102 and the suspension members to be readily detached from the bag so that it can be washed or cleaned when required.

When desired, I may provide means for keeping the bottom of the bag distended such as indicated by the rectangular wire frame 47 in Fig. 1.

A particular point of the invention is that the garment bag is adapted to enclose fixed garment hanger supporting rods such as are frequently installed in clothes closets, wardrobe trunks and the like.

The bag will be provided with openings corresponding in location and character with the fixed rods with which it is to be used. The particular slits and flaps illustrated, by which a close fit is secured on the rod or rods, and the contents of the bag best protected from dust, are not always essential. It will be observed that the bag may be applied to the rod or rods as in Fig. 1, with a slit down the front, covered by a flap 26, throughwhich clothes may be introduced and withdrawn. But such an opening down the front is essential. The top may be open sufficiently to permit the insertion and x .drawal of garments; ano in to permit tl application of the bag by drawing it up over the garments hanging on the rods and then closing the top or other closure and fastening it by any one of various usual or suitable devices. Such a bag without any permanently connected stiffening means has advantages in launderin packing, etc. as well as in economy of manu facture.

Though I have described with great particularity certain specific details of the various embodiments of the invention herein illustrated, it is not to be construed that I am limited thereto as various modifications may be made without departing from the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. A bag of the character described havin overlapping flaps along the top, a fixe hanger-supporting rod extending through a wall of the bag and dust-tight means for closing the ends of the bag to said rod and a frame at the top of said bag for holding it distended.

2. A bag of the character described having overlapping flaps along the top, a fixed hanger-supporting rod extending through the bag and dustexcluding means for closing the ends of the bag about said rod and a frame havingportions straddling said rod for holding the bag distended.

3. A bag of the character described having overlapping flaps along the top, a fixed hanger-supporting rod extending through an opening in at least one wall of the bag and means for securing the ends of the bag to said rod and a frame having portions straddling said rod for holding the bag distended and a suspension member detachably secured to said frame.

4. In combination with a garment hanger supporting rod, a bag having overlapping interlocking flaps above the rod, and means for drawing the ends of the bag into close engagement with said rod to make a dust seal.

5. In combination with a fixed supporting rod for garment hangers, a garment bag having a front opening provided with an overlapping triple flap and means for closing the bag over the top of said rod to exclude dust from the interior of said bag.

6. A bag of the character described comprising top, bottom, front, back and end walls, at least one end wall having a notched portion to accommodate a fixed hanger supporting rod, the top wall being provided with overlapping flaps to permit enclosing said rod, and the front wall having an overlapping interlocked triple fiap arranged to permit access to the interior of the bag.

7. A bag of the character described c0mlapping flaps to permit enclosing said rod, prising top, bottom, front, back and end and the front Wall having an overlapping inwalls, each end Wall having a notched portion terlocked triple flap arranged to permit access 10 to accommodate a hanger supporting rod, to the interior of the bag.

5 means juxtaposed to said openings for tight- In Witness whereof, I have hereunto signed 1y closing the end Walls of the bag around said my name. rod, the top Wall being provided With over- LOUISE H. BOCH. 

